Premier League TV rights: Sky Sports and BT Sport have found out the packages they have won

The league's main partner since its inception in 1992, Sky picked up 128 games, including all the matches on Fridays, Sundays and Monday evenings.

BT claimed the other package to have been sold so far, switching from its current 5.30pm slot on Saturdays to 32 games at 12.30pm.

The two remaining packages of two full matchday programmes have not yet been bought, which means the auction will continue.

In terms of how much money the league has brought in for its clubs, the five packages to have gone cost £4.464billion, which is just under £700million short of the total achieved in 2015, when 168 games were up for grabs.

With 40 more games a season still to be sold, the cost-per-game price is £9.3m, down from the current £10.2m.

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"To have achieved this investment with two packages remaining to sell is testament to the excellent football competition delivered by the clubs," Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore said.

The Premier League's bid process this time consisted of 200 live matches a season, up from the 168 which were contested for back in 2015.

The broadcasters fight for seven packages of fixtures - five of which contain 32 matches a season and the other two 20 matches.